Summary: A fast-paced, absurd collection of short films, parodies, animations, pranks, and musical numbers. Attempts to shock life back into the art of sketch comedy. Has grotesquely memorable characters and crude animation bits all wrapped up neatly. The apparent slipshod manner of each episode may or may not be part of the skit.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2008
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TIMSummary: Still considered iconic for their live performances from Studio 8H in New York, the original cast set the tone for years to follow with their irreverent, edgy humor. They combined anti-establishment political satire with rock-and-roll attitude for a show that spoke to the youth of the 1970s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SATSummary: Loaded with Jimmy's most memorable moments and sketches and includes Jimmy with Mick Jagger, Jarret's Room, Jeopardy with Jimmy impersonating Adam Sandler, Impressions Montage, and Weekend Update Montage.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SATCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SATSummary: Dave Chappelle is back! ... Sort of. Three completed episodes from the long-lost third season of Chappelle's Show are finally available for mass consumption. With the success of the first two seasons, Dave finally gets to meet the President of Show Business, spends some time in the limelight on MTV's Cribs, and gives his best impersonations of P. Diddy, Lil Jon and Gary Coleman. Combine that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Comedy Central Home Video 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CHASummary: Comedian Dave Chappelle presents his unique point-of-view on the world in a hilarious, defiant and sometimes dangerous look at American culture.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Comedy Central Home Video 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CHASummary: Michael Palin, globe-trotting adventurer and comedian's comedian, has somehow managed to sit still just long enough to put together his compilation of the very best of Monty Python, including the fan-favorites Fish Slapping Dance and The Cheese Shop.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2005
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MONSummary: Cheri's peppy, energetic style always made her characters on SNL hilarious to watch. From physical comedy as Ariana the cheerleader, to impressions of Barbara Walters and Judge Judy, to wacky Rita, she made audiences laugh till they cried.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SATSummary: In this final season of the show, nothing was sacred, and no public figure was safe. The show's hilarious sketches challenged censors and viewers with piercing parody.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INSummary: Corporate executive Jack Donaghy, in this behind-the-scenes romp about sketch show 'TGS;' its neurotic stars, Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney; hapless NBC page Kenneth Parcell and the rest of the befuddled crew working to create the 'magic of television.' Brought to you by the folks at GE Kabletown, it's a season of video obituaries, cross-dressing love, page showdowns, Canadian births and other...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV THISummary: Features hours of hilarious sketches, memorable skits from the original Season 4 cast, and all the original musical performances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SATCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SATSummary: The complete seventh and final season of the award-winning comedy. As Jack schemes to take control of KableTown or sink the whole company trying, Liz strives to balance her uncharacteristically blissful personal life with the constant chaos of her career. Even with Kenneth Parcell, life-long NBC devotee, around to tend to TGS' lovable misfit stars Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney, mayhem ensues...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV THISummary: Go behind-the-scenes of a live sketch comedy show. Watch as Jack comes back to GE; Liz gets a visit from an adoption agency caseworker; Liz sits next to Oprah on her flight from Chicago to New York; Tracy and Jenna conduct a 'social experiment;' Jack hooks up with Liz's psycho ex-roommate; Liz thinks she has found the perfect mate; Don Geiss wakes from his coma; Jack falls in love with his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV THISummary: When Death gets off the Greyhound bus in the small town of Shuckton, Ontario, everyone in town is implicated when one of its most distinguished citizens is found murdered. As a suspect is arrested and the trial plays out, the entire town is affected and its dark secrets are unraveled and exposed.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Network 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV KIDSummary: Lou and Andy are on their way to Disneyland. Trash-talking delinquent Vicky Pollard is being held in a Thai jail on drug smuggling charges and must rely on her mum for help. The British Prime Minister is in Washington, with Sebastian in tow, to buttress his very special relationship with the U.S. President. Carol 'computer says no' Beer has taken a job as a holiday rep in Spain. Marjorie Dawes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007